Violence against Women Prohibit the Empowerment

Women empowerment being the subject of concern among the policy makers of developing countries, the integration of women into the development process and their participation in economic activities have been gaining importance in many national development plans but most of the women still have to face physical and/or mental torture in the household level. This study attempts to visualize the women's violence facing status and its adaptive capacihJ. Household survey was adopted among the 1600 reproductive aged women in 16 districts of Rajshahi division. To examine the effect of different socio-economic and demographic variables on women's torture by their husband multivariate logistic regression is employed. This study found that the empowerment level is in better position of some women but their spousal relationship is bad or even ven; bad in some cases irrespective of all levels of education than those women who have good spousal relationship. Further those women who face torture b1J both husband as well as family members irrespective of all levels of education, they occupied better empowerment than those who faced any torture. So it is suggested to provide effective policy to minimize the gap between men and women and to ensure their rights in every sphere of life.